Do I need to pay TAX?

Randvegeta

antrobus wrote: »

Reasonably sure. For example, you are presumably a 'British citizen by descent', so any of your children born outside the UK will not automatically become British citizens. You want to speak to a lawyer who knows about these sorts of things if this is important to you. It's never wise to rely too much on stuff you read on the interweb.



You shouldn't really be saying those sorts of things if you're going to claim that you're not domicilied in the UK.

I do not need to check with a lawyer to know I am a British citizen. I am aware that if my own children were born outside of Britain, they would NOT be British. But I am aware that I am! It's not that complicated. Being born British in no way means, born in Britain. I know a number of people who are 'British', yet they are not of British descent, were not born in Britain, and did not gain citizenship through long time living in the UK... It's rare but I know quite a few.

As for my domicile, it is incredibly arrogant to think that ones citizenship is the same as their place of domicile. Many British citizens are domiciled OUTSIDE of the UK.

John_Pierpoint

Just for the record I have a nephew with two British, but not born here, parents.
As they were living in Hong Kong at the time, there was great consternation about the child's nationality.
I read the British Nationality Act, rather like the more obscure parts of British tax legislation, it appeared to be designed to ensure that if you understood it you deserved to be British.:eek:

In the event the child was born here - to be sure to be sure.

If the original poster is thinking of organising a passport for any future offspring, I'm not sure what I would recommend - perhaps Canadian?

Randvegeta

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

Just for the record I have a nephew with two British, but not born here, parents.
As they were living in Hong Kong at the time, there was great consternation about the child's nationality.
I read the British Nationality Act, rather like the more obscure parts of British tax legislation, it appeared to be designed to ensure that if you understood it you deserved to be British.:eek:

In the event the child was born here - to be sure to be sure.

If the original poster is thinking of organising a passport for any future offspring, I'm not sure what I would recommend - perhaps Canadian?

I'm really not that bothered if I'm honest. My GF is European so as long as my kid has an EU passport, I'll be happy. HK passports are fine too but the idea of being a PRC citizen makes me shudder!

jennifernil

Best be careful there, not all European countries allow the child to have the nationality of the mother if the child is not born in the country. And of those that do, some withdraw that right if the child has not lived there for a certain length of time.

Randvegeta

jennifernil wrote: »

Best be careful there, not all European countries allow the child to have the nationality of the mother if the child is not born in the country. And of those that do, some withdraw that right if the child has not lived there for a certain length of time.

Excellent point. I'll keep that in mind.